Woman who accused Yediyurappa of sexually abusing her daughter dies: Police | Latest News from India

BENGALURU: A woman who had accused senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa of sexually abusing her 17-year-old daughter has died at a private hospital in Bengaluru after a prolonged illness, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The woman approached the police, alleging that the former Karnataka chief minister sexually abused her daughter at his residence in Dollar City, Bengaluru on February 2. The Sadashivanagara police station registered a case under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act relating to sexual assault and under Section 354 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to sexual harassment on March 14. The woman claimed that she and her daughter had gone to Yediyurappa’s house on February 2 “to seek his help in a business fraud case when the incident took place.”

A police official said the woman, a terminally ill patient, was shifted to a private hospital on Hulimavu Bannerghatta Road on Sunday after complaining of breathing difficulties. She was admitted to the intensive care unit, where she later collapsed and died.

According to a first information report (FIR), the woman alleged that the 81-year-old politician indecently touched and abused her daughter in his room on February 2 when she went there to seek help.

The sexual assault case is currently being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department, which has recorded the statements of the woman and her daughter before a Justice of the Peace under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

BS Yediyurappa has denied the allegations and stressed that the woman and his daughter had approached him several times demanding justice and that he had referred them to the police commissioner for action.

Police officials said that despite the woman’s death, the investigation into the case will continue based on the statements recorded so far:

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